Marlene Dietrich Quotes

I had no desire to be an film actress, to always play somebody else, to be always beautiful with somebody constantly straightening out your every eyelash. It was always a big bother to me.

Marlene Dietrich

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 27, 1901 - May 6, 1992

Topics

BeautifulMePlayDesireAlwaysOut

I know what I am capable of. I read a character, and if I can say to myself, 'I know this woman,' then I take the role.

Jennifer Coolidge

CharacterMyselfWomanI AmI Can

I am 74 now. Looking back, I have a sense of not really being in control of my career. I just went where it took me.

Melvyn Bragg

I AmMeLooking BackControlLooking

You'll see more and more perfection of that - computer as servant. But the next thing is going to be computer as a guide or agent.

Steve Jobs

PerfectionYouMoreNextSeeGoing

Sometimes when you're heavy into the shooting or editing of a picture, you get to the point where you don't know if you could ever do it again.

Martin Scorsese

PictureYouKnowSometimesEditing

The Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has just published the story of her life. I confess that it is not in my reading table.

Mick Jagger

LifeGirlReadingStoryTableSpice

I have a lot of glass in my house, and I remember saying as a joke once that I clean my stuff with Windex while my friends are over, but then I found myself actually doing that the other day. It's horrible.

Courteney Cox

MyselfDaySayingDoingRemember

You decide which characters you want and then do the best you can to bring their humanity to the forefront in the context that you place them in - the crises in which you've placed them.

Bob Shacochis

BestHumanityYouPlaceWantBring

My favorite guitar players are Chuck Berry and Brian May and Dave Davies from the Kinks.

Brittany Howard

GuitarMayPlayersFavoriteBrian

Moana is definitely a Disney character, which is something that I totally love. She's totally bad butt: really awesome. I think she really embodies it because I, as someone who has grown up, been born and raised on the island of Hawaii - so, the Big Island - I love my culture.

Auli'i Cravalho

LoveCharacterCultureThinkSomeone

Actually, you have to be a little bit in love with your leading man and vice versa. If you're going to portray love, you have to feel it. You can't do it any other way. But you don't carry it beyond the set.

Audrey Hepburn

LoveManFeelYouWayBeyond

Mentally, my key is just focusing on the little things I need to do in a race, whether that's tempo, turn entry, start speed, things like that. I'm not thinking about that much before or during a race. I just trust in my ability and all the hard work I put in and let the race come to me.

Shani Davis

WorkHard WorkTrustLittle Things

Portugal is a high hill with a white watch tower on it flying signal flags. It is apparently inhabited by one man who lives in a long row of yellow houses with red roofs, and populated by sheep who do grand acts of balancing on the side of the hill.

Richard Harding Davis

ManRedYellowFlyingSheepLong

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